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"Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens
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West Virginia is the 35th state - according to my book on the states (not always accurate, so if I'm wrong, send me a note to correct me!) it was originally part of Virginia until Virginia seceded during the Civil War. The "Mountain State" is also a major coal-producing state - Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys and October Sky, grew up there. I haven't really visited West Virginia, but I know we stopped at a rest stop in the state during our post-Bicentennial road trip up & down the East Coast.

Thank you, hyphen8! I appreciate you sending the book! Unfortunately it arrived while I was already in Namibia. However, I will soon be sending a package of children's books to a village library in Ghana, and I will include this book in the package. So it will go to another African country after all.